# 乖

| 乖 | U+4E56, &#20054; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E56 |
| ← 乕 [U+4E55] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 乗 → [U+4E57] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | ⿻千⿱卄一 |
| Simplified | 乖 |
| Traditional | 乖 |

### Han character

乖 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹十中心 (HJLP), four-corner 2011$_1$, composition ⿻千北)

#### Derived characters

* 𰂓, 䂷 㔞 㪓 㾩 䓙 埀 乘 𢮿 𪬁 𣔪 𫏓 𨧰(𫟽) 𠝍 𣪜 𨛽 𡮓 𡇸 𨵞 𪞳 𡹁 𣒧 𫡙 𬠕

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 149
* Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 18
* Unihan data for U+4E56

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 乖 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Small seal scripts02657Transcribed ancient scriptsL30930L30931L30932L03756L03757L03758L03759L03760L03761L03762L03763 ||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||
According to Xu Shen, 𦫳 together with 𠔁.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): guāi (guai$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guai$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôai
* Eastern Min (BUC): guăi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guai$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$kua / $^1$kuae / $^1$kue
** (Jinhua): $^1$kua; $^1$kuae
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guai
*** Wade–Giles: kuai$^1$
*** Yale: gwāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guai
*** Palladius: гуай (guaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: guai$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guai
*** Sinological IPA : /kuai⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaai$^1$
*** Yale: gwāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaːi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôai
*** Hakka Romanization System: guai$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: guai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯ai̯²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guăi
*** Sinological IPA : /kuai⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koai
*** Tâi-lô: kuai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koay
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: guai$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuai
*** Sinological IPA : /kuai³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haiyan, Shaoxing)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kua
*** MiniDict: kua$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kua
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kua⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kuɑ⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kuɑ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kuɑ⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /kua⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /kua⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /kua⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /kua⁵¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kua⁵²/
** (Northern: Songjiang, Chongming, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kuae
*** MiniDict: kuae$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kuɛ⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kuæ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kuɛ⁵²/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kue
*** MiniDict: kue$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kuɛ³³⁴/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kua; $^1$kuae
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kuɑ³³⁴/, /kuɛ³³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kweaj
Rime :
| Character | 乖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (34) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古懷切 |
| Baxter | kweaj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠuɛi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚæi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɐi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwəɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɛi/ |
| Wang Li | /kwɐi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kwăi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guāi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwaai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤrəj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 乖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guāi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwɛj › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷˁrəj/ |
| English | oppose; disorder |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 乖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4401 |
| Phonetic component | 乖 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 乖 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷrɯːl/ |

### Definitions

乖
* clever; alert
* (usually of a child or animal) well-behaved; docile; obedient; nice; untroublesome
       nei$^5$ go$^3$ zai$^2$ zan$^1$ hai$^6$ hou$^2$ gwaai$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Your son is very well-behaved.
       m$^4$ hou$^2$ haam$^3$ laa$^1$. gwaai$^1$ ~. [Jyutping]
       Don't cry, OK? (talking to a child)
* (literary, or in compounds) to violate; to rebel
* (literary, or in compounds) to separate; to split
* (literary, or in compounds) to break off; to cut off
* (literary, or in compounds) difference; mistake
* (literary, or in compounds) unnatural; strange
    乖戾 ― guāilì ― perverse (of behaviour); disagreeable (of character)
* (Sichuanese, Xiang) beautiful

#### Usage notes

* Unlike English obedient, 乖 is a positive compliment when used to describe a child. On the contrary, it is similarly disparaging when used for adults.

#### Synonyms

* (clever):
* 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
* 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
* 伶俐 (línglì)
* 儇 (Wu, of a child)
* 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
* 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
* 性靈 / 性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
* 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
* 明慧 (mínghuì)
* 明智 (míngzhì)
* 機敏 / 机敏 (jīmǐn)
* 機智 / 机智 (jīzhì)
* 機穎 / 机颖 (literary)
* 機警 / 机警 (jījǐng)
* 機靈 / 机灵
* 活絡 / 活络 (Wu)
* 睿智 (ruìzhì)
* 穎異 / 颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
* 精濟 / 精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
* 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
* 精齊 / 精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
* 聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
* 聰敏 / 聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
* 聰明 / 聪明 (cōngmíng)
* 聰穎 / 聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
* 英明 (yīngmíng)
* 調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
* 靈 / 灵 (líng)
* 靈光 / 灵光 ($^6$lin-kuaon) (Wu)
* 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)
* (well-behaved):
* 儇 (Wu)
* 𠢕 (ghao$^5$) (Teochew)
* 懂事 (dǒngshì)
* 懂事體 / 懂事体 (Wu)
* 捌事 (báik-tâi) (Eastern Min)
* 明事理 (míngshìlǐ)
* 曉事 / 晓事 (xiǎoshì)
* 聽話 / 听话 (tīnghuà)
* 聽閒話 / 听闲话 ($^1$thin $^6$ghe-gho$_6$) (Northern Wu)
* (to violate):
* 犯 (fàn)
* 破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
* 背離 / 背离 (bèilí)
* 違反 / 违反 (wéifǎn)
* 違背 / 违背 (wéibèi)
* (beautiful):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 好看, 漂亮, 俊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 好看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 俊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 好看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 俊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 漂亮, 俊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 好看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 漂亮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚$_2$, 㜺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚$_2$, 好睇, 好樣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 靚$_2$, 好睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Macau | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 靚$_2$, 好樣 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好看, 好樣, 靚$_2$, 整齊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 好看 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 好看, 客氣, 漂亮, 標緻, 標 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好看, 靚$_2$, 靚$_3$, 僐, 勁, 趣, 端, 標緻, 儒雅 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 俏, 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 排場 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Changting | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Wuping | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Yudu | 標緻, 齊整 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 像, 標緻, 好看 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 靚$_2$, 整, 標緻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鬧, 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 靚$_3$ |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 好看, 標緻, 漂亮 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣 |
| Jin | Linhe | 美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Jining | 好看, 襲人 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊 |
| Jin | Handan | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊俏, 俊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 好覷, 雅式, 生得好 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 俊, 生得好, 卓佳, 好看, 漂亮 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 俊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媠, 好看, 㜅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 媠, 俏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 媠, 㜅 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 媠, 好看 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 媠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 媠, 俏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 媠, 好看, 㜅 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 雅, 好睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雅, 媠, 好睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 雅, 媠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 雅 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雅, 媠, 如雅 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 雅, 生好, 好睇 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 媠, 生好 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 媠, 生好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 雅 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 雅 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 清楚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 靚$_4$, 好望 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 靚$_4$, 靚$_2$, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 靚$_4$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 靚$_4$ |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 靚$_2$, 好覷 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 㜺, 靚$_2$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漂亮, 好看, 好看相, 標緻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 畢㜺 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 出客 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) | 出客 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 靈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 靈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 標緻, 樣式, 登樣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮 |
| Wu | Danyang | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 好覷, 生好, 骨切 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 好望, 俏, 漂亮 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 漂亮 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 好看, 漂亮 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “clever”):
* 愚笨 (yúbèn)
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* (antonym(s) of “well-behaved”): (Cantonese) 曳 (jai5)

#### See also

* (well-behaved): 聽話／听话 (tīnghuà)

### Compounds

* 不乖
* 乖乖
* 乖乖兒的 / 乖乖儿的
* 乖乖嘴
* 乖乖的
* 乖人
* 乖僻 (guāipì)
* 乖分
* 乖別 / 乖别
* 乖劣
* 乖嘴
* 乖子
* 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
* 乖張 / 乖张 (guāizhāng)
* 乖忤
* 乖性兒 / 乖性儿
* 乖慵
* 乖戾 (guāilì)
* 乖滑
* 乖爭 / 乖争
* 乖異 / 乖异
* 乖眼
* 乖舛 (guāichuǎn)
* 乖衰
* 乖覺 / 乖觉 (guāijué)
* 乖覺可喜 / 乖觉可喜 (guāijuékěxǐ)
* 乖角
* 乖訛 / 乖讹
* 乖誤 / 乖误
* 乖調 / 乖调
* 乖謬 / 乖谬 (guāimiù)
* 乖蹇
* 乖迕
* 乖違 / 乖违
* 乖間 / 乖间
* 乖阻
* 乖隔
* 乖離 / 乖离 (guāilí)
* 乖離率 / 乖离率
* 伶俐乖覺 / 伶俐乖觉
* 伶俐嘴乖
* 使乖
* 出乖弄醜 / 出乖弄丑 (chūguāinòngchǒu)
* 出乖露醜 / 出乖露丑
* 口乖心歪
* 命乖運拙 / 命乖运拙
* 命蹇時乖 / 命蹇时乖
* 嘴乖
* 學乖 / 学乖
* 小乖乖
* 弄乖
* 打乖
* 抓乖
* 抓乖賣俏 / 抓乖卖俏
* 措置乖方
* 放乖
* 放乖潑 / 放乖泼
* 放狂乖
* 時乖 / 时乖 (shíguāi)
* 時乖命蹇 / 时乖命蹇
* 時乖運乖 / 时乖运乖
* 時乖運拙 / 时乖运拙
* 時乖運蹇 / 时乖运蹇
* 狂乖
* 聰明乖覺 / 聪明乖觉
* 討乖 / 讨乖
* 討好賣乖 / 讨好卖乖
* 賣乖 / 卖乖 (màiguāi)
* 運乖時蹇 / 运乖时蹇
* 運拙時乖 / 运拙时乖
* 運蹇時乖 / 运蹇时乖
* 避乖
* 首尾乖互

### References

* “乖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿻千⿱卄一 |
| Kyūjitai | 乖 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿻千⿱卄一)
* to diverge, to disobey, to go against

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kun: もとる (motoru, 乖る)、そむく (somuku, 乖く)

#### Compounds

* 乖(かい)離(り) (kairi, “diverge”)
* 睽(けい)乖(かい) (keikai)

## Korean
### Hanja

乖 (eumhun 어그러질 괴 (eogeureojil goe))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乖

## Vietnamese
### Han character

乖: Hán Nôm readings: quai, quay
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation